I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Ámsterdam) in Jan 2020
Interview
I applied for software engineer - distributed data system Amsterdam. Did 3 rounds technical interview(one karat), one HM round.
After completing 3 technical round, 1 Hiring Manager round. I received a mail from HR stating that we would like to conduct 1 more technical round of interview before proceeding to onsite. I was still okay with it although I think if you can't judge someone's coding skills from 3 rounds of technical interview, it's better to drop at this stage itself. Now, comes the interesting part, after 2 weeks of no scheduling, I reached out to HR and got an automated mail stating the "Databricks won't be moving ahead with the interview". I mailed the HR again for the feedback and his feedback was it's because of skills mismatch. Now, this is the real disgusting part. After spending 2 months of my energy and time preparing for Databricks, after 3 technical and 1 HM round, you say there is a skill mismatch? I never told anything new in the interviews which is not in my resume.
It was a complete waste of my time and effort. The whole process took more than a month to schedule the interviews. The company that can't do a simple skill match job can't be better at other jobs!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Vertical Order Traversal
2. insert, remove and getRandom in O(1)
Had an initial recruiter screen for a Software Engineer position. The call lasted around 15 minutes and covered the usual ground: my background and experience, motivation for applying, current role, and salary expectations. The recruiter also gave a clear overview of teams, the product, and the full interview process ahead.
1. Phone interview with HR.
2. Technical coding question using coder pad. Have to implement from scratch.
Interview process was very fast and recruiter was friendly
Question was little vague but it seems to be leaked a lot on the internet
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Databricks?
Past experience.
Projects you have worked on
didn't make it past the first technical round. questions are decently challenging (ie: leetcode med/hard level difficulty), and can range from very mathy topics to bit manipulation, to dynamic programming. be prepared for all scenarios and all topics on leetcode.